Tim Jon Semmerling
Biographic Data
| ID | 4104973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Jon Semmerling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Semmerling |
| SIGNATURE | SEMMERLING T J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Those “Evil” Muslims! Orientalist Fears in the Narratives of the War on Terror
In my latest book “Evil” Arabs in American Popular Film: Orientalist Fear, I have attempted to show that popular film narratives and images of “evil” Arabs are often discourses of prejudice that encourage fear of Arabs in American audiences. But, can Orientalist fear also be detected in other media? Can audiences apply their awareness of Orientalist fear when they are confronted with the barrage of journalist reports claiming to describe Muslims …
"Evil" Arabs in American Popular Film
The "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, particularly since the oil embargo of the 1970s and continuing through the Iranian hostage crisis, the first and second Gulf War…
Israeli and Palestinian Postcards
Searing images of suicide bombings and retaliatory strikes now define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many Westerners, but television and print media are not the only visual realms in which the conflict is playing out. Even tourist postcards and greeting cards have been pressed into service as vehicles through which Israelis and Palestinians present competing visions of national selfhood and conflicting claims to their common homeland. In th…
Those “Evil” Muslims! Orientalist Fears in the Narratives of the War on Terror
In my latest book “Evil” Arabs in American Popular Film: Orientalist Fear, I have attempted to show that popular film narratives and images of “evil” Arabs are often discourses of prejudice that encourage fear of Arabs in American audiences. But, can Orientalist fear also be detected in other media? Can audiences apply their awareness of Orientalist fear when they are confronted with the barrage of journalist reports claiming to describe Muslims …
Israeli and Palestinian Postcards
Searing images of suicide bombings and retaliatory strikes now define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many Westerners, but television and print media are not the only visual realms in which the conflict is playing out. Even tourist postcards and greeting cards have been pressed into service as vehicles through which Israelis and Palestinians present competing visions of national selfhood and conflicting claims to their common homeland. In th…
"Evil" Arabs in American Popular Film
The "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, particularly since the oil embargo of the 1970s and continuing through the Iranian hostage crisis, the first and second Gulf War…
Those “Evil” Muslims! Orientalist Fears in the Narratives of the War on Terror
In my latest book “Evil” Arabs in American Popular Film: Orientalist Fear, I have attempted to show that popular film narratives and images of “evil” Arabs are often discourses of prejudice that encourage fear of Arabs in American audiences. But, can Orientalist fear also be detected in other media? Can audiences apply their awareness of Orientalist fear when they are confronted with the barrage of journalist reports claiming to describe Muslims …
History (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Orientalism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American film (1 work)